HBO Films.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
Full screen edition.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 470 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Presents a uniquely epic and intimate portrait of the first 40 days of the Iraq war from the perspective of the Marines of the First Recon Battalion--a new breed of American soldiers.
3) A dog year
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jon Katz is a writer at a mid-life crossroads who decides to adopt and train a high-strung border collie named Devon, only to discover it's he himself who has the real lessons to learn. Based on a true story.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 5 hr., 56 min.) : sound, color w/black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The lives of two gay couples are played out against the backdrop of the specter of AIDS and the conservative politics of the Reagan administration.
6) 61*
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen version, 16:9.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, one was the Yankees' best loved players and the other was their most valuable. 1961 was about to be the summer that no one who loves baseball will ever forget. Both men find that they are approaching Babe Ruth's 1927 single-season 60 home-run record. Facing pressure from the media and the stands, both men know that there is only room for one winner. The fans make their choice, but the people's favorite isn't the favorite...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 134 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Angel of mercy, or murderous 'Doctor Death'? Jack Kevorkian is one of the most polarizing figures in modern American history, a man whose passionate belief that people have the right to die has brought him both praise and vilification.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A searing two-character drama about the choices people frequently make: to go on or give in to despair. Set in a New York tenement apartment, the story focuses on two very different men: a black ex-con who claims to hear the voice of Jesus, and the white professor he stopped from throwing himself in front of an oncoming train.
Publisher
HBO Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Maria, a poor Columbian teenager, is desperate to leave a soul-crushing job. She accepts an offer to transport packets of heroin - which she swallows - to the United States. The ruthless world of drug trafficking proves to be more than she bargained for.
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Centers around three powerful men: Charles Eastman, a young, Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor; Sitting Bull, the proud Lakota chief who refuses to submit to U.S. government policies; and Senator Henry Dawes, one of the men responsible for the government policy on Indian affairs.
11) John Adams
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 501 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers--General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson--in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history.
12) Phil Spector
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Academy Award winners Al Pacino and Helen Mirren star in this production written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning and Oscar-nominated playwrite David Mamet. An exploration of the client-attorney relationship between legendary music producer Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden, who represented Spector during his first trial for murder.
13) Bad education
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history.
Series
Publisher
New Line Cinema
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young girl enlists the help of her friends to solve a robbery in her home that threatens to put her family's house into foreclosure, after her father leaves town to look for work and her mother takes in borders to make ends meet.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and executive produced by Jerry Weintraub, this HBO Films drama recreates the glittering private world of Liberace, the flamboyant, phenomenally successful entertainer whose extravagant costumes, trademark candelabra, and elaborate stage shows made him the most bankable entertainer of his time.
16) As you like it
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The daughter of a duke is banished to the forest. She encounters the young gentleman with whom she has fallen in love and attempts to win his love, though disguised as a man herself.
17) Good hair
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedian Chris Rock tackles the very personal issue of hair, and how attaining good hair can impact African American's activities, relationships, wallets, and a self-esteem. Engages in frank, funny conversations with haircare professionals, beautyshop and barbershop patrons, as well as featuring interviews with Dr. Maya Angelou, Nia Long, Ice-T, Raven Symone, and more.
18) Grey Gardens
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the life stories Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale and her daughter, Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale who are the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis. They were raised as Park Avenue débutantes, but withdrew from New York society. They took shelter at their Long Island summer home called 'Grey Gardens.' As their wealth and contact with the outside world dwindled, so did their grasp on reality. They were reintroduced to the world...
19) Too big to fail
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington.
20) Taking Chance
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The remarkable true story of one soldier's death in battle, another soldier's journey of discovery and a nation's reverence and gratitude toward its war dead. After hearing of the heroic death of a young Marine in Iraq, veteran officer Lt. Colonel Michael Strobl volunteers to escort the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps back to his hometown in Wyoming. As Strobl crosses America's heartland, he will find himself on an unexpectedly emotional journey...